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UNITE STATES PATENT I OFF CE.

DAVID F. TOBIN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COAL-SCUTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,231, dated March 27, 1888.

Application filed February 12, 1887. Serial No. 227,371. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID F. TOBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ooal-Scuttles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relatesito improvements in coal-scuttles and ash-sifters of that class de-\ signed to be used directly in the room, so that the cinders may be added to the fire in the stove before taking the ashes from the room.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined coal-scuttle and ash sifter which will serve for either purpose, and being of such construction that when the cinders or burned coals have been separated from the ashes the same may-be discharged from the mouth of the scuttle directly into the stove, without intermingling with the ashes, and the same scuttle can be used without any inconvenience for the ordinary service of carrying coal.

The invention consists in the application of a sieve or screen pivoted to one side of the scuttle and a plate rigidly secured to the hod underneath the screen, said plate forming an ash-receiving pocket with the sides of the scuttle.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved coal-scuttle. Fig. 2 is 2. Iongitudinal section of Fig. 1, taken centrally therethrough, indicating the arrangement of the ash-pocket and the pivoted sieve. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through line ac in Fig. 2. i

In the above-described views,'a indicates the body of the coal-scuttle, which may be of any form adapted to receive the sieve and ashpocket, either as illustrated or of any wellknown form, being preferably provided with a double-discharging nose. Within the coalscuttle is arranged a sieve or screen, 12, pivotally secured to one side ,of the same, and be neath said sieve isa plate, a, forming a pocket, as shown in Fig. 2. The sieve b is pivoted to one of the sides of the coal-scuttle at b b, and when raised assumes the position indicated by the dotted line b in Figs. 2 and 3, being held in position by-the bent end d of the handle d, or by any other suitable holding device. .When the handle is raised to its carrying position, the bent end d, being bent at a suitable angle thereto, is turned away from the sieve,leaving the same free to drop automatically to its normal position, as is indicated in Fig. 3; but when the handle is dropped, as shown in the drawings, the hook engages the sieve and holds up the same while the scuttle is being filled. By this arrangement of pivotingthe sieve to one of the sides of the scuttle the same may be raised out of ,the way and the scuttle may be filled with coal in the ordinary manner; and, further, by so constructing the holdingcatch that it is operative only when the handle is not in its carrying position, but has dropped to that position which it assumes when a scuttle is placed on the floor or ground, the sieve is held automatically out of the way of the coal as it is shoveled into the scuttle.

When the handle is raised for carrying the scuttle after it has been filled, the hooks or catch is not necessary, as the coal in the scuttle prevents the dropping of the sieve, and after the coal has been discharged from the scuttle the sieve falls automatically into its sifting position.

The sieve is inclined so as to facilitate the sifting of the ashes, dipping, preferably, toward the nose a and away from the nose a*, from which the cinders or burned coals are discharged, said sieve being prevented from dropping below the proper level by the converging sides of the hod or by suitable stops placed beneath the edges of the sieve.

Beneath the sieve is arranged a plate, 0, which is inclined at the same or a different an gle, and which directs the ashes into the bottom of the scuttle and formsa pocket, 0, which retains the ashes while the cinders or burned coals remaining upon the sieve after the ashes have been separated therefrom are being discharged from the scuttle at thenose a.

By pivoting the sieve at-the side of the scut-' tle and away from the dischargingrspouts it does not interfere with the pouring of the coals from the hod'when used as an ordinary coalscuttle.

In sifting the coal in the combined scuttle and sifter, after the ashes and good coal have been separated by stirring them up or by shaking the scuttle or by any convenient method, the coals remaining upon the sieve are discharged from the scuttle over the nose or edge a, and as the scuttle is tilted to throw outthe said coal the ashes in the bottom of the scuttle are caught by the plate c,and thus retained in the pocket c,as will be understood. When all of the coals have been thrown out, the sieve is then raised and the ashes thrown out over the edge a.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim is l. A combined coal-scuttle and ash-sifter having the body portion a, an ash-pocket therein formed by a plate, 0, rigidly secured to and within said body portion, and a sieve arranged above and independently of said pocket and pivoted to one of the sides of said body portion away from the discharging-spout, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A combined coal-scuttle and ash-sifter having the body portion a, an ash pocket therein formed by a plate, a, a sieve arranged above said pocket and pivoted to one of the sides of said body portion away from the discharging-spout, and a hook constructed and arranged to engage automatically by the dropping of the handle with said sieve when raised, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February, 1887.

DAVID F. TOBIN.

\Vitnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, FREDK'. C. FRAENTZEL. 

